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The Esports Industry Awards 2017 – Full List of Winners

November 15, 2017
Migg Dela Cruz

The Esports Industry Awards 2017 took place at The Brewery in London, England last November 13. The awards show, which started just last year, aims to recognize excellence in esports, celebrating success and achievments in esports to show the world. Aside from players and teams, they also want to aim the spotlight at the industry as a whole, acknowledging as well the behind-the-scenes guys like journalists, photographers, and videographers.

The show was livestreamed on Twitch, attracting over 26,000 viewers. They kicked off with the mother of all hype videos, which featured all the greatest moments from every esport in 2017.

One of the biggest winners of the night was Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere, who won the Esports Personality of the Year, beating out other big esports names like Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner, Ryan Hart, Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg, Damon “Karma” Barlow, and Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek. Sjokz joins Megan “RheingoldRiver” Cutrofello, who won the Unsung Hero of the Year, as the first female winners of Esports Industry Awards.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive came up big, winningBreakthrough Game of the Year and Game of the Year, respectively.

Check out all the awards and winners from the night:

Breakthrough Game of the Year – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Commercial Partner of the Year – G-FUEL

Coverage Website of the Year – ESPN Esports

Game of the Year – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Journalist of the Year – Duncan “Thorin” Shields

Photographer of the Year – Joe Brady

Publisher of the Year – Riot Games

Hardware Provider of the Year – Intel

Videographer of the Year – Davis “OpTic Hitch” Edwards

Streamer of the Year – Dr.Disrespect

Streaming Platform of the Year – Twitch

Broadcaster of the Year – Alex “Machine” Richardson

Console Player of the Year – Matthew “FormaL” Piper

Live Event of the Year – League of Legends World Championship (RIOT)

PC Player of the Year – Amer “Miracle” Barqawi

Personality of the Year – Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

Rookie of the Year (Console) – Victor “Punk” Woodley

Rookie of the Year (PC) – Abay “HObbit” Khassenov

Team of the Year – OpTic Gaming

Unsung Hero of the Year – Megan “RheingoldRiver” Cutrofello

UK Player of the Year – Spencer “Gorilla” Ealing

Play of the Year – Matthew “FormaL” Piper

For the full list of nominees and more information you can check out the Esports Industry Awards website. You can also watch the show in full on their Twitch channel.

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